Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:44am on 09 Mar 2026,Monday International
Chants opposing Mojtaba Khamenei were reportedly heard in Tehran shortly after he was appointed the new Supreme Leader of Iran. A 17-second video circulating on social media shows women shouting “Death to Mojtaba” in Persian from a residential building during the night, though the footage has not been independently verified. Mojtaba, the son of former leader Ali Khamenei, was selected by Iran’s Assembly of Experts after his father was killed in US-Israeli strikes on Tehran. The leadership change comes amid escalating regional tensions, with Iran launching retaliatory missile attacks on Israel and US bases, raising fears of wider instability across the Middle East.
